Cinema St. Clair
1154 St. Clair Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M6E
1154 St. Clair Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M6E
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Reopened on August 9th, 1974 showing Italian movies on 2 screens.
1984 photo added courtesy of Toronto Public Library & the Toronto Star Archives, via Vintage Toronto.
The Historic Toronto post robboehm referred to says that the St. Clair Theatre opened in 1921 and had been designed for the Allen circuit by the architectural firm of Hynes, Feldman & Watson. Design work began in 1919. James Patrick Hynes and Albert Edward Watson were the firm’s principals when this theater was completed. Isadore Feldman died suddenly of pneumonia in January, 1919, at the age of 32, though his name was retained as part of the firm’s name for some time thereafter.
By the time the St Clair theatre closed, it was a twin. The balcony was one cinema and the orchestra level was another. The one screen showed Italian movies and the other English. I saw a James Bond double bill there before it closed, “Live and Let Die” and “The Man with the Golden Gun” in the late 70’s.
Historic Toronto has a detailed history on this theatre which was located at 1154-1156 St. Clair. I’ve uploaded a photo from that site.